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NASA confident Artemis 2 heat shield will protect crew during re-entry
Spaceflight Now · 10 Apr 2026
When the Artemis 2 Orion crew capsule returns to Earth after flying around the moon, it will hit the discernible atmosphere some 75 miles above the Pacific Ocean at a blistering 24,000 mph, fast enough to fly from New Yo...
NASA prepares for Artemis 2 return
SpaceNews · 10 Apr 2026
The Artemis 2 mission is set for a final, fiery test when the spacecraft reenters April 10 ahead of a splashdown off the California coast.
Earthset From the Lunar Far Side
NASA · 10 Apr 2026
The crew of NASA’s Artemis II mission captured extraordinary images of our home planet during their journey around the far side of the Moon.
Artemis II Getting Ready For Splashdown Tomorrow
SpacePolicyOnline.com · 10 Apr 2026
The crew of Artemis II is busy configuring the Orion capsule for reentry tomorrow, with splashdown off the coast of San Diego at 8:07 pm ET. NASA Associate Administrator Amit
Artemis II: splashdown
ESA · 10 Apr 2026
Today, at 17:07 local time on 10 April (01:07 BST/02:07 CEST 11 April), NASA’s Orion spacecraft and its crew splashed down safely in the Pacific Ocean, marking the end of the Artemis II mission. ESA’s European Service Mo...
I Am Artemis: Dan Florez
NASA · 9 Apr 2026
Listen to this audio excerpt from Dan Florez, test director for NASA’s Exploration Ground Systems Program: At 1:47 a.m. EST November 16, 2022, as the Artemis I engines ignited, NASA astronaut Reid Wiseman and Dan Florez,...
Watching the Artemis II Mission Unfold at JPL’s Space Flight Operations Facility
NASA · 9 Apr 2026
Description Staff at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California watch the agency’s Artemis II mission unfold soon after launch on April 1, 2026, at the Space Flight Operations Facility, which operates the De...
The Deep Space Network Acquires Artemis II Signal
NASA · 9 Apr 2026
Description A graphical representation of the Deep Space Network’s radio frequency antennas indicate signal acquisition from NASA’s Artemis II mission to the Moon on April 1, 2026, inside the Space Flight Operations Faci...
The Deep Space Network Acquires Artemis II Signal
NASA · 9 Apr 2026
Description The acquisition of the radio frequency signal from the Artemis II crewed mission to the Moon by NASA’s Deep Space Network (DSN) is indicated by the peak in the data signal shown on the top computer screen. So...
Watching Over the Deep Space Network Before Artemis II Signal Acquisition
NASA · 9 Apr 2026
Description Blanca Renteria, Artemis Deep Space Network (DSN) operations chief, monitors data at the Space Flight Operations Facility at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California shortly after Artemis II la...
Watching the Artemis II Launch From JPL’s Space Flight Operations Facility
NASA · 9 Apr 2026
Description Staff at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California watch the launch of the agency’s Artemis II mission to the Moon on April 1, 2026, at the Space Flight Operations Facility, which operates the D...
JPL’s ‘Lucky Peanuts’ Before Artemis II Launch
NASA · 9 Apr 2026
Description A container of “lucky peanuts” sits above workstations within the Space Flight Operations Facility at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory shortly before the launch of the Artemis II mission to the Moon on April...
Supporting Artemis II From JPL’s Space Flight Operations Facility
NASA · 9 Apr 2026
Description The Artemis II mission patch appears in the center screen of the Space Flight Operations Facility at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California on April 1, 2026, shortly before the mission launch...
Twin NASA Control Rooms Support Artemis Safety, Success
NASA · 8 Apr 2026
Twin control rooms at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, are actively supporting real-time mission operations in lunar orbit as part of the agency’s Artemis II mission, helping ensure astronaut s...
Preparing for the next NASA budget battle
SpaceNews · 8 Apr 2026
When Congress passed a fiscal year 2026 “minibus” appropriations bill in January, much of the space community breathed a sigh of relief. Congress had rejected the steep cuts proposed by the Trump administration, includin...
A lunar base or a lunar economy?
SpaceNews · 8 Apr 2026
We applaud the lunar base vision laid out by NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman on March 24. Placing this stake in the lunar regolith is long overdue. What is missing from the mission architecture, however, is a vision fo...
Industry navigates NASA’s start-and-stop approach to commercial space stations
SpaceNews · 8 Apr 2026
NASA signaled last summer it planned to accelerate efforts to replace the aging International Space Station. Nearly nine months later, that push appears to have slowed.In a directive signed at the end of July, the agency...
NASA’s Artemis II Crew Beams Official Moon Flyby Photos to Earth
NASA · 7 Apr 2026
The first flyby images of the Moon captured by NASA’s Artemis II astronauts during their historic test flight reveal some regions no human has seen, including a rare in-space solar eclipse. Released Tuesday, astronauts c...
Experience the Rollout of SLS Hardware for Artemis III
NASA · 7 Apr 2026
Digital creators and social media users are invited to register to attend the rollout of the third SLS (Space Launch System) core stage as it is prepped to head from NASA’s Michoud Assembly Facility to NASA’s Kennedy Spa...
NASA to Host Media Call with Artemis II Crew on Way Home from Moon
NASA · 7 Apr 2026
Media will have an opportunity at 9:45 p.m. EDT on Wednesday, April 8, to speak with NASA’s Artemis II crew members as they continue their journey toward Earth during their historic mission around the Moon. The 20-minute...
Walk in the footsteps of Artemis
ESA · 7 Apr 2026
On 6 April 2026, NASA’s Artemis II Mission, powered by ESA’s European Service Module (ESM), launched humans further than ever before.
NASA’s Artemis II Crew Eclipses Record for Farthest Human Spaceflight
NASA · 6 Apr 2026
Four astronauts aboard NASA’s Artemis II test flight around the Moon made history at 12:56 p.m. CDT on Monday, traveling 248,655 miles from Earth, surpassing the record for human spaceflight’s farthest distance previousl...
NASA’s Northrop Grumman CRS-24 Mission Overview
NASA · 6 Apr 2026
NASA’s Northrop Grumman Commercial Resupply Services 24 mission, or Northrop Grumman CRS-24, will deliver approximately 11,000 pounds of science and supplies to the International Space Station. This mission will be the s...
Night Sky Network Celebrates Artemis II
NASA · 6 Apr 2026
Today, the crew of Artemis II reaches a milestone, traveling farther than any humans in recorded history, as they orbit the far side of the Moon, roughly 4,000 miles above the lunar surface. You can watch this historic b...
The Near Side of the Moon
NASA · 6 Apr 2026
The astronauts aboard NASA’s Orion spacecraft captured this photo of the Moon’s near side on April 4, 2026. The image features dark patches at center and right; these are ancient lava flows, which are unique to this side...
NASA stops work on SLS Mobile Launcher 2
SpaceNews · 5 Apr 2026
NASA has stopped work on a second mobile launch platform intended for an upgraded version of the Space Launch System the agency no longer plans to develop.
Thinking of You, Earth
NASA · 5 Apr 2026
On April 4, 2026, NASA astronaut and Artemis II Commander Reid Wiseman peers out of one of the Orion spacecraft’s main cabin windows, looking back at Earth, as the crew travels towards the Moon. The Artemis II astronauts...
NASA finalizes science plans for Artemis 2 lunar flyby
SpaceNews · 5 Apr 2026
WASHINGTON — As Artemis 2 approaches the moon, a NASA science team is finalizing plans for the observations they want the astronauts to perform during their flyby. At an April 4 briefing, a representative of the mission’...
NASA Answers Your Most Pressing Artemis II Questions
NASA · 4 Apr 2026
The first crewed test flight under NASA’s Artemis program is underway. Four Artemis II astronauts are flying aboard NASA’s Orion spacecraft around the Moon and back, as they test how the spacecraft’s systems operate in a...
Illuminated in Orion
NASA · 4 Apr 2026
NASA astronaut Christina Koch reads on a tablet in the dimly lit Orion crew capsule in this April 3, 2026, photo. To the right of the image’s center, CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Jeremy Hansen is seen in profile...
Smooth Sailing for Artemis Crew So Far
SpacePolicyOnline.com · 4 Apr 2026
The Artemis II crew continues on a smooth course to the Moon today. NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover and Christina Koch and Canadian astronaut Jeremy Hansen are now about